Ypsilanti School Board Considers Summer Tax Collection

The Ypsilanti Community Schools Board of Education Monday night approved placing the question of whether to collect taxes in the summer rather than the winter on the agenda for its first meeting in December.

Ypsilanti Community Schools Board of Education President David Bates (l) and Superintendent Scott Menzel

Credit Bob Eccles

Superintendent Scott Menzel says a summer collection is something the board approved seperately last year for the Ypsilanti and Willow Run school districts.

Menzel says there are benefits to a summer tax collection, including needing to borrow less money from the state to keep things going until the district's state aid payment is received.